Poivre Sechuan Impérial Rouge (Chine)

Harvested under exceptional conditions in tiny fields at the bottom of a deep, narrow gorge in Sichuan province, irrigated by glacial melt from the Tibetan plateau and grown 3,000 meters above the village of Nine Dragons, China. This peppercorn was once reserved for the Chinese Emperor's table — one seed is often enough to numb the tongue.